What is the price of crustaceans per kilogram/pound in Sri Lanka today?
The retail price range for Sri Lanka crustaceans is between US$ 2.92 and US$ 6.32 per kilogram or between US$ 1.32 and US$ 2.87 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of crustaceans in Sri Lanka
The retail price range in Sri Lanka Rupee for crustaceans is between LKR 897.51 and LKR 1,944.60 per kilogram or between LKR 407.03 and LKR 881.90 per pound(lb) in Colombo and Jaffna.
Wholesale prices
In 2024, the approximate wholesale price range for Sri Lanka crustaceans is between US$ 2.04 and US$ 4.42 per kilogram or between US$ 0.93 and US$ 2.01 per pound(lb).
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Sri Lanka Crustaceans Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Crustaceans from Sri Lanka over the last five years has been quite varied. In 2016, the price was 11.27 US $ per kg, followed by a significant increase to 14.78 US $ per kg in 2017. In 2019, the price dropped to 11.52 US $ per kg, before rising again to 18.05 US $ per kg in 2020. The most recent data shows the price at 11.77 US $ per kg in 2021. Overall, the export price of Crustaceans from Sri Lanka has seen a steady increase over the last five years. Predicted prices for 2023 and 2024 are estimated to be around 12.50 US $ per kg and 13.00 US $ per kg respectively.Sri Lanka Crustaceans Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Crustaceans into Sri Lanka over the last five years has been quite varied. In 2016, the price was 11.27 US dollars per kg, followed by a significant increase to 14.78 US dollars per kg in 2017. This was followed by a decrease to 11.52 US dollars per kg in 2019, before rising again to 18.05 US dollars per kg in 2020. The price then dropped to 11.77 US dollars per kg in 2021. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the import price per kilogram of Crustaceans into Sri Lanka in 2023 will be around 13.50 US dollars per kg, and in 2024 will be around 15.25 US dollars per kg.Export values for Sri Lanka crustaceans
The total values in export for crustaceans in Sri Lanka were US$ 620, US$ 1,182, US$ 741 and US$ 728 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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Sri Lanka crustaceans - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Sri Lanka exported 74 tonnes of crustaceans. For the year 2019 alone, the interest in Sri Lanka crustaceans (seafood category) has climbed, changing by 4.225 percent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, crustaceans' exports decreased by -7.5% bringing the nation US$0.73m for the year 2019. Sri Lanka's crustaceans exports are classified as:
- Crustaceans, fit for human consumption, whether in shell or not, dried, salted, smoked or in brine, incl. crustaceans in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (excl. rock lobster and other sea crawfish, lobsters, crabs, Norway lobsters, shrimps and prawns); flours, meals and pellets of crustaceans, dried, salted, smoked or in brine, fit for human consumption (HS code 030699)
- Crustaceans, fit for human consumption, whether in shell or not, live, fresh or chilled (excl. rock lobster and other sea crawfish, lobsters, crabs, Norway lobsters, shrimps and prawns); flours, meals and pellets of crustaceans, fit for human consumption, fresh or chilled (HS code 030639)
- Crustaceans, prepared or preserved (excluding smoked, crabs, shrimps, prawns and lobster) (HS code 160540)
- Crustaceans, even smoked, fit for human consumption, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, dried, salted or in brine, incl. crustaceans in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (excluding rock lobster and other sea crawfish, lobsters, crabs, Norway lobsters, shrimps and prawns); flours, meals and pellets of crustaceans, even smoked, fit for human consumption (HS code 030629)
- Frozen crustaceans, even smoked, fit for human consumption, whether in shell or not, incl. crustaceans in shell, cooked beforehand by steaming or by boiling in water (excluding rock lobster and other sea crawfish, lobsters, crabs, Norway lobsters, shrimps and prawns); frozen flours, meals, and pellets of crustaceans, even smoked, fit for human consumption (HS code 030619)
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Sri Lanka crustaceans export values
In 2019, Sri Lanka supplied crustaceans with a value of 0.73m USD, a decrease of -1.48% from 2018's total crustaceans export of 0.741m USD. The yearly reduction in value of Sri Lanka crustaceans between 2017 to 2018 was -37.31 percent.
The yearly variation in the quantity of Sri Lanka's crustaceans exports between 2017 and 2019 was -7.5% in comparison to a variation of 4.225% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Sri Lanka's share of the world's total crustaceans' exports in 2019 was 4.1 per cent. Sri Lanka holds position 6 in world exports of crustaceans.
Export markets for Sri Lanka crustaceans ( in '000$ )
Import/Export Trends
Sri Lanka is a net exporter of crustaceans. The annual growth of Sri Lanka crustaceans in value between 2015 to 2019 was 3%, per year, while annual growth in quantity through the same period was %, per annum.
Sri Lanka brought in 2 tonnes of crustaceans in 2019.